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Tag Archives: Star Wars
Carmine Infantino
Comics artist Carmine Infantino died the other day. I primarily remember his work on the Marvel Star Wars series, which he drew during a hefty chunk of the period between A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back, which was actually a … Continue reading
Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part seven)
previously: six five four three two one Diving right back in with both lightsaber blades ignited…or something like that. Anyway, when last we left, Palpatine had engineered Anakin Skywalker’s elevation to the Jedi Council, but the Council, angered at Palpatine’s … Continue reading
Is Gonzaga Porkins, then?
March Madness explained by invoking Star Wars: Of course, the fact that a geek like this has to ask why Luke has a grenade on Hoth with which he blows up an Imperial Walker is disappointing. Come on, pay at … Continue reading
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Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part six)
previously: five four three two one OK, time to dive straight back in. Huzzah!!! When last we left off, the various forces in Anakin Skywalker’s life were starting to use him as a pawn in their own various games. This … Continue reading
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Fixing the Prequels: Revenge of the Sith (part five)
one two three four Again, it’s been a while since we did this, and I’ve been lax for mainly the same reasons: work on other projects, and the continued calcification of the view that the Prequel Trilogy is utter garbage. … Continue reading
Darth Abrams?
According to a number of media reports, JJ Abrams is directing the first Star Wars movie of the Disney era. I’m mostly fine with this — of all my myriad problems with Star Trek 2009, none of them were in the … Continue reading
May Thanksgiving Be With You
I just saw these on Distracted by Star Wars and couldn’t help but rip them…. Happy Thanksgiving! Going offline the rest of the day. (Yeah, right….)
Further random thoughts on Disney and Lucasfilm
Some more notions that have occurred to me…. :: Deals like this don’t come out of the blue. It’s not like Disney called George Lucas in the morning the other day, while Uncle George was enjoying breakfast and the morning … Continue reading
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The Mouse and the Lightsaber: Random Thoughts on the Disney-Lucasfilm Deal
When I got home from work today, I walked in the door, took care of the mail, unpacked my lunchbox, changed my clothes, and checked the news…to learn that George Lucas has sold Lucasfilm to Disney…including Star Wars. This news … Continue reading